16.7% ▼ -19.5%
Higher than 65% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Orange · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Orange
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have been volunteering and doing unpaid work in Orange since 2011. While the community remains active, the percentage of people giving their time to others has fallen across several areas. Despite this trend, local rates of volunteering and childcare remain higher than national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of people in Orange volunteer, which is higher than most areas and well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. However, this is a drop from 2011, when 20.7% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 29.5% of people caring for children—a figure well above the Australian average of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 22.2% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, and 12.2% provide other types of unpaid care.
12.2% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.5% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 80% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 61% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
About 2.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 61% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Orange [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10304/orange/topic/community